Dr. John Lott will give a talk at Tufts University on October 24th at 6:30 PM
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At the Washington Times: Second Amendment matters in a time of crisis: The importance of good guys with guns
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at the Washington Times. By the way, there was a kibbutz where civilians were armed and they were able to hold of the terrorist attack. . Hamas attacked as Israelis were wrapping up the seven-day-long Jewish festival of Sukkot on...
Biden Complaining about Weapons having 100 rounds in the Chamber
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-JKQkc7cBU Could someone please help us identify the guns Biden describes that can hold 100 rounds in the chamber? All the guns we know about can only hold one bullet at a time in the chamber, but, obviously, we have much to learn...
With 2,415,481 FOID cards in Illinois, Only 2,060 have so far registered their firearms and 1,125 have registered their accessories, such as “large” capacity magazines
Illinois has its new registration rules for grandfathered "assault weapons" (e.g., semi-automatic rifles) and large capacity magazines. Not everyone who has a FOID card may own a gun, though a large majority of those owning guns likely own standard magazines, which...
Armed Israeli Civilians Stop Terrorist Attack at Their Kibbutz
It was simply impossible for the military or police to protect all the civilian targets. . We have our own group, men aged between 20 and 40, who have been specially trained to be a civilian army. They are the ones who saved our lives,” the social worker and therapist...
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The FBI and Other Intelligence Agencies Think “Trump’s army constitutes the greatest threat of violence domestically” and that the FBI “has to deal with [it]”
A Newsweek article is titled: "Donald Trump Followers Targeted by FBI as 2024 Election Nears." Given that the FBI and other government agencies influenced the 2016 and 2020 elections, it looks like they will be involved in the 2024. . . . Another senior intelligence...
Prophetic September 20th, 2023 Article in the Jerusalem Post: “Israelis should carry guns on Yom Kippur, police say.” With Hamas’ surprise attack, now Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir is making more people carry.
On October 8th, Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir released the following statement. “Today I directed the Firearms Licensing Division to go on an emergency operation in order to allow as many citizens as possible to arm themselves. The plan will...
Fox & Friends Discusses the CPRC Research
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30s81QMbh2s The CPRC's research got attention on Fox News' Fox & Friends. They were referencing work we had at Real Clear Investigations titled: "There Are Far More Defensive Gun Uses Than Murders in America. Here’s Why You Rarely...
Trump v. Biden Border Walls
Biden is putting a 20 miles of border wall along the Texas/Mexico border. But there is one problem: Biden's idea of a border wall is hardly a border. CBP officials said the new segments they plan to build will minimize environmental impacts by using a movable “Jersey...
BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE by the CRIME PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER in United States v. ZACKEY RAHIMI
Here is a copy of the Amicus brief that the Crime Prevention Research Center has submitted in the case of United States v. Rahimi is available here. Abstract If people who are subject to a civil restraining order are dangerous, prohibiting them from possessing...
Why Due Process is Important in Red Flag Laws
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ondanQBzw0w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNhzfeq3-rw “A married Pennsylvania state trooper was arrested after allegedly falsely committing his ex-girlfriend to a mental health facility and assaulting the woman, prosecutors...
Gun control advocates are clear. Jeffrey Fagan: “unless there are strong measures to reduce the supply of firearms, and also the legality of firearms, this will have little effect on the unacceptably high rates of both lethal and nonlethal firearm violence”
Fagan argues we must reduce the supply of firearms, not the supply of black market guns or guns in criminal hands, but guns in general. As we have pointed out many times, if such a claim was correct, that guns on net are bad, murder rates should fall whenever all guns...